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The Persian Version: Iranian-American family comedy

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / April 24, 2024 / Andrew Malik, Arty Froushan, Bella Warda, Bijan Daneshmand, Chiara Stella, foreign films, Jerry Habibi, Kamand Shafieisabet, Kamyab Falahati, Layla Mohammadi, LGBTQ, M. Mehdi Tahmasebi, Maryam Keshavarz, Niousha Noor, Parsa Kaffash, Reza Diako, Samuel Tehrani, The Persian Version, Women Directors

The Persian Version, written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz, tells the story of Leila and her Iranian-American family. Especially important are her mother and grandmother. Leila speaks directly to the viewers in 4th wall breaking voice overs throughout the entire […]

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Kaleidoscope, colorful heist series with a gimmick

Kaleidoscope is a heist/revenge story. The 8 episodes don’t have titles, but are named for colors. The gimmick here is that Netflix serves those episodes up in a different order to different viewers. You never know if you saw the